Forten, the Sailmaker; Pioneer Champion of Negro RightsRand McNally, 1968 - 208 pages A biography of James Forten, a free Negro born in 1766 and owner of the leading sailmaking shop in Philadelphia, who spent his life and fortune furthering abolition. |
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... Quaker's nobility of heart , soul , and mind as there were people in the city . A fellow Quaker told how one morning he had called on Anthony Benezet and found him near the brick kitchen behind his house . Benezet was throwing bread to ...
... Quaker's nobility of heart , soul , and mind as there were people in the city . A fellow Quaker told how one morning he had called on Anthony Benezet and found him near the brick kitchen behind his house . Benezet was throwing bread to ...
Page 63
Esther Morris Douty. Granville Sharp month . Although Sharp was not a Quaker , James reasoned that his activities on behalf of the slaves would keep him in contact with the Quakers who , in England as in America , opposed slavery . One ...
Esther Morris Douty. Granville Sharp month . Although Sharp was not a Quaker , James reasoned that his activities on behalf of the slaves would keep him in contact with the Quakers who , in England as in America , opposed slavery . One ...
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... Quaker told James about a forthcoming public meeting on the slave trade which Granville Sharp was to address . Of course James would be welcome , the Quaker said . The meeting turned out to be a poorly attended affair in a private house ...
... Quaker told James about a forthcoming public meeting on the slave trade which Granville Sharp was to address . Of course James would be welcome , the Quaker said . The meeting turned out to be a poorly attended affair in a private house ...
Contents
Letters by a Man of Color | 9 |
Black Pioneers | 10 |
The American Colonization SocietyThe Great Debate | 11 |
Copyright | |
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